Want....Need...

Want this...

NEED this...

Oh Topshop, why do you insist on taking ALL my hard-earned monies?

(Silk top, Topshop Boutique, £55

Leather embossed bag, Topshop, £35)

Alt-J ∆

Alt-J are a four-piece band originally from Leeds, who...BLA BLA BLA.

You don't need to know the background to this band. All you need to know is that you absolutely have to listen to their debut album An Awesome Wave. It's pretty much all I've been listening to since it was released on 28th May. Apologies to my neighbours for almost a month of the same tracks blaring through the walls...I'm just sharing the love!

I daren't try to put this band into one set genre. Their album is the most perfect mix of electro, indie, jazz, dubstep...something they themselves class "folk-step". Whatever it is, it is fresh, exciting, beautiful, addictive, and the lead singer's haunting voice that's at times creepy, at times beautiful (sometimes both), is the icing on the intoxicating cake that is An Awesome Wave.

Album highlights are Tessellate, Bloodflood (the last 50 seconds or so of this track are just amazing. play it extra loud), Dissolve Me, and Taro (see video below. No explanation needed. Pure, unadulterated awesome).

Definitely my album of the year so far. Next stop: seeing them live. The hunt for a gig is on.

Dudes and Dogs

Dudes. 

With dogs.

That is all. 

Enjoy 

x

I don't know who this guy is, but if his awesome dog-scarf is anything to go by, he is clearly a winner.

Yeeehaw

Next thing on my never ending sartorial wishlist is a bolo. Having seen the awesome Frances from Happy Because rocking one here, I knew I had to get me one.

Can't wait to scope me one from eBay and start wearing it with crisp white shirts done up to the neck. I reckon they're gonna start appearing more and more on the high street as a natural progression from the current collar-obsession (collar tips, embellished collars, detachable collars).

But I know I'll never be able to work a bolo quite like THESE guys...

Hell yeah.

Life Won't Wait For You...

...and nor will the sunshine so get out and drink in that vitamin D while it's here! But remember the wise words of Baz Luhrman: Wear sunscreen. Or you'll be yet another embarrassing Brit with hilarious lobster red patches. (We just get so excited to see the sun that we all immediately run outside with no thought for suncream, forgetting that our pasty white skin hasn't seen the sun for months)

First Love

Love love love the latest Dr Martens ad campaign for Spring Summer 2012. These pictures leave me pining for summer love, eating chips on a brick wall with a tattooed boy and a pair of Dr Martens...despite the fact I've never owned a pair before.

I'm quite enjoying the idea of these paired with sweet floral, floaty summer dresses, but with the £100 price tag I'm going to have to really save up my pennies. And there's not many things I suck at more than saving money.